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DOHERTY v. MEESE

No. 415, Docket 86-2335.

808 F.2d 938 (1986)

Joseph Patrick Thomas DOHERTY, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Edwin MEESE, Attorney General of the United States, Alan C. Nelson, Commissioner of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, and Charles Sava, District Director of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, New York District, Respondents-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided December 23, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen A. Somerstein, New York City (Somerstein & Pike, New York City, of counsel), for petitioner-appellant.

Lawrence W. Chamblee, Sp. Asst. U.S. Atty. (Rudolph W. Giuliani, U.S. Atty., Steven E. Obus, Asst. U.S. Atty., S.D.N.Y., of counsel), for respondents-appellees.

Before FEINBERG, Chief Judge, and WINTER and MAHONEY, Circuit Judges.

WINTER, Circuit Judge:

Joseph Patrick Thomas Doherty, a citizen of the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland, appeals from Judge Leisure's denial of his petition for writ of habeas corpus. Doherty seeks relief from his incarceration pursuant to a warrant of the Immigration and Naturalization Service ("INS"). He claims that the Attorney General and the INS have improperly delayed deportation to the country of his choice in order to ensure his continued availability...

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